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Nina Simone's birthday is today, place in the comments a Nina Simone of your choice. My choice is further below, but is superethereal Brother Malcolm spirit flew today, what speech or quote from him do you wish to share? Which Milestone Comic, founded by DWayne McDuffie whose spirit flew today, is your favorite? To Be Young Gifted and Black , from the bright uncontestable beautiful, Nina Simone https://youtu.be/_hdVFiANBTk Malcolm X's Inaugural OAAU speech - Complete Of the purpose of the Organization of Afro American Unity, the saddest element is that, an organization that wanted to or does represent the Black American c…

Florida. Governor. Hates. Black. History. Want. To. Stop. It. From,Being. Taught. In. Florida.. Republican. Governor. Just. Like ,,Trump ..Trying. To. Keep. White. Supremacy. Going.....The. Racist,White. Know. Black. History. Better. Than. A. Lot. Of. Black. ,People. .Black. Inventors. Inventions. Help. Evolve. The. World......The. Black. Athletes. In. Florida. Needs. To. Protest. ,,If. The,Colleges. Support. The. Governor. Trying. To. Stop. Black. ,History. Being. Taught. .They. Want. Black. Athletes. To. Help. Win,Games. But. Their. History. Not. Important Enough. To. Be,Taught......Super. Bowl. Eagles. Were. Robbed. Game,. Was. ,Fixed. For. The. Chiefs. Referees. …

White communities have been proven to be safer than any other communities as we see in Maine, this is not just a coincidence and is the result of a more focused, functional, and close knit community.

Although it is belated, Happy Black History Month. How do many people on this forum celebrate Black History Month? I mostly celebrate it by looking at historic old documentaries that I recorded from TV and Radio regarding the struggle such as Jim Crow, MLK, and tragic events such as Tulsa and Rosewood. My favorite period of black history between the end of slavery and the civil rights era of the '50s and '60s was the Harlem Renaissance. Also, I look at recorded specials on legendary celebrities such as Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, and Tyra Banks as well as different musical genres pioneered by blacks such as jaz…

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Name me your favorite love songs? Man to woman? Woman to man? Duet? I will choose to present the following, not necessarily my favorite:) man to woman woman to man duet If you are feeling sad

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You ask is it a sin, and that is a false question. a sin is when something is false. If people are in a polygamous relationship then it isn't a sin. And I exclude religious queries as my reply only deals to the secular. The question is, is it a problem. And the answer to that isn't complicated. The key is freedom. Is this freely being done? Are three or more people engaging themselves absent coercion or trickery? if so then , no problem. It may not be a common act. but again, commonality or religious legitimacy aren't issues. https://blackplanet.com/post/433519?start=0

What can Africa do to help itself ? Maame Dede Williams ask. I provide my answer in the article, free to comment, but please share https://iamjoycewilliams.com/fight-back-africa-the-choking-may-just-stop/ my comment directly https://iamjoycewilliams.com/fight-back-africa-the-choking-may-just-stop/#comment-89

@Edwina Louise Dorch has a new book out, you can read an excerpt on this page? CLICK PREVIEW thoughtS?

Patrick Mahomes stunned the football word and every friggin' White Supremacist in Super Bowl 57. Mahomes was 21 for 27 for 182 yards and he threw for three touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagle 38-35. All on a high sprained ankle. Jalen Hurts was no slouch either. As I said on Facebook, Black History was made in Glendale, Ariz,. and Black Excellence was on display. I bet Ron DeSantis glared angrily at his TV. Ha ha ha And as I promised, here's Superman!

Ain't Yall Whaddup Yo Double Negatives ( like "Ain't Nobobdy") These words have been called "slang" and "improper English" for decades and they have been marginalized from what is considered standard or correct English. Well, perhaps it's time for this to change. Perhaps it's time that the words we commonly use but are considered "Black English" become part of Standard American English! Who made the decision to keep them out anyway? Most of us use the words "ain't" and "yall", so why the hell AIN'T they considered standard or correct??? Typical American English wasn't considered correct and STILL isn't considered correc…

Black. Quarterbacks. In. The. Super. Bowl. Black. History. Month......They. The. Sports. Talkers. Talk. More. About. Tom. Brady,Than. The. Black. Quarterbacks. In. The. Super. Bowl..Lot. Of,People. Believe. All. Tom. Brady. Super. Bowls. Were. Fixed. For,Him. To. Win......LeBron. James. The. Scoring. King. After. ,Passing. Kareem. Abdul. Jabbar.....Good. For. Him. .....NBA Trades. ,Kyrie Irving To. Dallas. Durant. To. Phoenix. Milwaukee Bucks ,Fan,,, .Maybe. They. Can. Win. Again.....

St. Thomas University has renamed its law school after Attorney Ben Crump: https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15306595/st-thomas-university-law-school-named-benjamin-l-crump-college-of-law Ben Crump is the 1st practicing AfroAmerican lawyer to have a school named after him. There is only one other U.S. law school bearing the name of an AfroAmerican. That was the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.😎

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared all diversity efforts illegal, claiming they proactively encourage discrimination. Abbott's office has notified state agencies that the use of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in hiring is illegal, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. Hey, this is just a bad as Florida. Texas outlaws Diversity efforts

There must be a whole bunch of giggling taking place around the world. Even though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised that his caucus members would avoid playing childish games during President Joe Biden's State of the Union Speech - they did anyway. MAGA Republicans showed the world just how stupid, immature and psychotic they actually are. Why? Because they knew they could get away with it and they knew their antics would play really well back home. So, to all the Black people who voted for Trump and still lean to the Right because you think solely of your income and how much better you are than those who are poor - this is what you want to be associ…

I quote @Rodney campbell concerning Bob Marley in italics. I never could embrace his leaf smoking cultural habits. Which became propagandized as being somehow a Jamaican normal behaviour. Which. At that TIME it was not. I respected his position as a spearhead for the black people. I respected his outright denouncement of the racial negativity. But thanks to propaganda the documentaries that focus on those aspects are few and far apart. Instead we have generations of leaf inhalers who have been convinced they are contributing to the black experience by being high. Like that is somehow a black thing. I was not interested in d…

A simple question , you can relate it to any law enforcement agency. I only repeat what law enforcement agencies need is someone to say they are needed while also corrupt. The problem with law enforcement agencies is too many wish to make them out to be honor guards or mythical comraderies when they are simply havens for mostly bullies or reared wrong or financially proud in the worst sense people who serve a necessary function when they are not killing, maiming, spitting, clubbing, violating, cheating, stealing.. or all the other many crimes or illegalities or negatives they are free from being penalized from including not incarcerating or giving testimony to other …

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The following is my thoughts to Elliot SMith's ranking of spike lee films interesting that the first movie spike lee didn't appear or use his artistic norms was get on the bus. I have many feelings about the million man march not appropriate for her. Awww crooklyn or school daze got less than chi-raq awwww I oppose that. Mo better blues , da 5 bloods ok clockers is one of his most common appearing films he got game ahhh, is it denzel summer of sam is better than crooklyn aww jungle fever , another provocative movie but is it really better than the one's before? she's gotta hav…

Why All The Reports About Nuclear Bombs? High altitude balloons, like the one China has floated over mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key “delivery platform” for secret nuclear strikes on America’s electric grid, according to intelligence officials. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dry-run-balloons-called-top-delivery-platform-for-nuclear-emp-attack/ar-AA174OkJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c86af376050b4cc6b774464b53dab6e1 ______________________________________________________________________________ Yesterday, I saw a report about 'What to do if a nuclear bomb is dropped'. Russia has threat…

Wind chill factor enough to produce temperatures that feel like -45F degrees. Exposure to sub-zero temperatures can result in frostbite within 5-10 minutes. Stay indoors as much as possible. Dress in layers. Leave a water line open to keep pipes from freezing. Bundle up and stay warm. This too shall pass in a couple days. 😎

I asked ChatGPT an this was its response. IS anything random or are things so complex that the order isn't apparent? The concept of randomness is a complex one, and different people have different perspectives on it. Some people believe that random events are truly unpredictable and lack any underlying pattern or structure, while others believe that everything that happens is determined by prior causes and that there is no real randomness in the world. In physics, the idea of randomness is closely tie…

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New York City has paid 121,000,000 dollars for police misconduct this past year which is is the highest cost to the city in five years but the magnolia center needs 350,000 and has to have a fund raiser. Landmark preservation phase 1 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0959.pdf Landmark preservation phase 2 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0957.pdf Go Fund Me if interested, please share https://www.gofundme.com/f/magnolia-tree-earth-center-of-brooklyn Source https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/02/02/group-that-helped-make-bed-stuy-green-seeks-funding-for-next-50-years

Here are some question for Black History Month 2023, I answered them at the following link. What Black artists have inspired you, and what about their work do you find inspiring? What are some of your favorite artworks that depict African American culture? In what ways do you think art can be used to foster understanding and appreciation across cultures? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2226&type=status

My answers to the following Valentine's Day 2023 questions are in the link, but the questions are the following What medium or style of art are you most obsessed with? What love-themed artwork(s) do you believe are the most powerful, and why? Has love or obsession inspired you to create a work of art? If so, share it in your comment and talk about how the feeling inspired it! https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2225&type=status

(Manhattan Beach, CA – January 18, 2023) – At this year’s Independent Book Publishers Association’s annual conference, IBPA Publishing University, the conference will explore the theme of what it means to “Navigate, Innovate, Elevate” within the independent book publishing industry. The theme is a meaningful reference to IBPA’s 40th anniversary, which the association is celebrating in 2023, and its role in the past four decades advocating for, and helping independent book publishers to build long term, successful businesses. With this theme in mind, IBPA is excited to announce that one of the three keynote presentations at the conference taking place May 4-6 i…

I am hoping authorities sort this out quickly ... Double amputee shot dead by police

After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez managed to get herself elected in a Bronx-Queens, N.Y., district in 2022, Democrats were ecstatic. "She's young! She's smart! She's beautiful. She cares about people" That is what many crowed. I took a wait and see approach. Heady with undeserved praise, AOC believed she was a political goddess. So much so, she decided she was going to end Trump's government shutdown all by herself. So she put on her red lipstick, invited chosen media types to join her as she stomped into the Rayburn Senate Office Building to find Sen. Mitch McConnell and force him to help her. Unfamiliar with the Rayburn building, Ms. Knucklehead got lost. It wa…

Hello and Thank you to each and every one of you who takes their time to view this blog post. [A double Hello and Thank You to those who actually visit the channel] I wish to introduce to all of you a channel that turns the lens of modern media and works of art to a fresh perspective from an African viewpoint. The video above is an example of the content I aim to publish & the core focus of the one above is to rile up the masses in embracing the elevation of black art, culture and industry within the African continent & even outside. I hope you enjoy it. I am the host and creator of the channel, Uncle Omari, and I would lov…

I said a couple days ago it seems that many in the media were trying to ENCOURAGE people to get out in the streets and riot over the Tyre Nichols beating video! It appears Tariq Nasheed has noticed the same thing: Clearly the media was trying to ENCOURAGE people to riot over this. Why? Not sure, but it seems to me the biggest factor is the fact that most of the cops involved were Black and the main stream White dominated media MADE SURE the world knew this. I believe a couple White cops....finally after pressure from grass roots organizations....have now been charged in Tyre's death but their pictures aren't being s…

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What do yall think of this White man's theory of Reality: I'm sure Rodney, Del, and Cynique will find his observations interesting....lol

Black. Police. Should. Be. Found.,, Guilty. And. Put. In. Prison. For,Murdering. Tyree Nichols...They. Would. Not. Have. Done. This,To. Someone. White.......This. Man. Was. Innocent..Not. The,Gangsters ,Thugs ,Crack. Selling. Gangsters. In. Memphis.......Why. Is. There. No. Anger. Protest. For. The. Gangs,,Thugs, Crack. Selling. Gangsters. That. Genocide. Black ,Communities. Every. Week. .Black. Children. Black. People. Lay ,Dead. In. The. Streets. Because. Of. Gangsters. Thugs. Bullets. In,All ,Direction ...A. Black. Memphis. City.,, Politician. Cried. After. Seeing ,The. Video. Of. The. Police. Beating. Tyree Nichols...Does. The,Politician. Cry. For. Black. People.…

Here's a fairly detailed time line of my practice. It is complicated. It is hard to understand because it isn't like anything else, plus I have been working on it since 1999. I will try to explain my idea and my initial goal. I started with Tarot and Numerology. Tarot is great for describing the situation, numerology was good for a quick character delineation. A Friend said my reading was good but I should include timing. So I started researching timing in Tarot. The general consensus is that either it doesn't work or is very general. I came across a few techniques to specify time. Using either the astrological correspondence or elements to specify the le…

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Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by 5 black former Memphis police officers. Word is for 3 minutes, those 5 ex-cops beat that 29-year old man like a "human piñata". We'll see the video soon. The whole ordeal stemmed from a traffic stop. Tyre's family says the only reason he tried to run away is because he was scared. No matter how eccentric an individual might appear to be, if they're nonviolent, there's no reason for police officers to abuse them. Police officers have plenty ways of catching up with a fleeing nonviolent suspect too. Let them go. Eat donuts and wait for them to show up at the crib. Police offic…

All of these presidents and vice president have nothing on me when it comes to newly-discovered documents. After all of these years I can't believe that I never paid any attention to the symbols at the top of this site; the bell and the envelope notifying me that someone is trying to make contact with me. Why I never checked these out, i do not know! Maybe because I never sign out of my account because i have such a frustrating time trying to get back in because I can't ever remember my pass word or user name and all that crap that gets co-mingled and entangled.. For some reason, I can't even sign in from my Android phone which is a pain in the ass because i have to …

We can increase Black Authors presence. The amount of Books on shelves Written by Black Authors in retail venues and living spaces. The amount of Publishing AALBC will do each Year. AALBC revenue. AALBC reputation. AALBC presence in the publishing world. AALBC recognition in the book writing community. AALBC recognition in the book writing industry. I present to you the African American Literature Book Club Book Publishing Network Book Club Book Publishing Network Book Publishing Network No AALBC Staff can participate in any way other than to organize the features of the program as an integrated process…

Over two days, there have been two mass shootings in California to make national news. The 1st occurred during Lunar New Year celebration in an Asian community. The Asian gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 before killing himself. The year of the rabbit is supposed to represent longevity, peace and wealth. This evening, a man killed 7 people and wounded 1 in Half Moon Bay. The shootings occurred in two locations. The suspect has been apprehended. There have been 38 mass shootings in the US since the beginning of 2023. On cue, gun control comes up. Mental health is the real elephant in the room. …

@Rodney campbell gives his take what is yours?